The Met Office has issued an amber weather warning for Surrey and the south east, with a risk of flooding on roads and in homes on Thursday.

After heavy downpours moved up from the south coast towards the county this morning, further torrential, thundery rain is expected to move north across the south east later this afternoon.

The warning, issued at 1.01pm and in place from 4pm-9pm, said: "The public should prepare for the risk of flooding of roads and properties."

The heavy rain and storms are a result of thundery activity from France, which will extend across the area into the evening.

The Met Office chief forecaster's assessment said: "The ground remains saturated from earlier heavy rain, and the high water loading in the atmosphere means that more than 30mm in an hour or less could well occur locally."

In Redhill, Twitter user @cbradbee reported a "hazardous" collapsed manhole cover in the middle of Redstone Hill by the Toby Carvery pub, which "always overflows" and was sticking up in the road.

Two cones and a traffic sign were placed over the drain, while a spokesman for Thames Water said there would be "someone going out this afternoon to have a look".